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An arrogant, godlike psychic who thinks it is his birthright to rule all of humanity by exterminating anyone who resists causes the apocalypse and the rise of reality-eating demons through his sheer bullheaded stubbornness and lack of consideration for the needs of others, especially his own superpowered psychic children. [[spoiler: The God-Emperor of Mankind, ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'']]

A consitutional monarch abolishes his country's constitution and parliament because he is displeased with the parliament's performance, and then enters into an alliance with aliens who had previously been bitter, possibly genocidal enemies for fourteen years, without his people's permission. Said aliens prove untrustworthy, paranoid, and belligerent, and factions within them turn against the alliance and launch pogroms against his people, all while the rest of the aliens have to leech off his people's economy due to being mired in a perpetual depression, but he sticks by them regardless. [[spoiler: Emperor Khonsu II, ''FreeSpace'']]

An insufferable blowhard with average fighter piloting skills who constantly boasts, disobeys orders, and frequently gets in over his head and relies on others to bail him out in combat, becomes reknowned as his country's leading fighter ace and takes credit for the accomplishments of his far more competent comrade because said comrade is too nice to call him to the carpet in public. In his youth his superiors hated him so much that his commanding officer made jokes about other pilots being allowed to kill him if he doesn't shut up. [[spoiler: Todd "Maniac" Marshall, ''WingCommander'']]

A field-grade military officer who makes decisions that affect the entire future of his country without consulting anyone, not even his own chain of command, and makes a mockery of the idea of civilian control of the military. He repeatedly meddles in international affairs that do not concern him and regularly violates his service's most fundamental law. He has little reservation about putting the lives of children in danger by taking his heavily armed warship full of them into a demilitarized border zone to wave his country's dick around, nor does he have much moral objection to their presence; he considers them merely an annoyance. After being abducted, experimented on, and temporarily mentally reprogrammed by an alien enemy he was allowed back to his post immediately without even a thorough examination, and some years later started to literally go insane, screaming at people about his genocidal hatred for said enemy when they appeared again, and developing bloodthirsty, violent tendencies, at one point boarding a hostile foreign vessel alone and slaughtering its crew with an assault rifle. Lost his state-of-the-art battleship in a battle against a tiny corvette that could have easily been defeated if not for his executive officer's stunning cowardice and incompetence, and immediately was given command of an even better ship. Frequently lets the ship psychiatrist onto the bridge to perform duties she was not qualified for. Insists his ship is not a warship despite being enormous, heavily armored, and armed with hundreds of weapons of mass destruction. His adversaries are not fooled. And the worst part? Unlike his predecessor a century before, who once stood before a court martial and got demoted, he was never punished for anything he did. [[spoiler: Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the USS Enteprise-D/E, ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'']]

* A young man that thoughtlessly orchestrates the murder of many criminals, some just as experiments to test his abilities, as well as others. When he is targeted by the international police he attempts to murder the detective on his trail, and says even early in the story that he would be prepared to kill his own family if necessary. His ultimate goal to kill off all the 'filth' from the world and create a new society of righteous people which he would control like a god. [[spoiler: Light from ''Death Note''.]]
** ...In fact, is he a hero at all?

An underdeveloped, primitive civilization possessed of unpredictable, dangerous forces they do not fully understand and cannot control, goes up against the primary keepers of order and security in the universe and defeats them by undermining and perverting the security force's culture so they can no longer accomplish their mission, allowing the primitive civilization's uncontrollable, dangerous influence to spread unchecked. [[spoiler: UN Spacy, ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'']]

A borderline psychopath who confessed to enjoying causing carnage and slaughter, she signed up for a war against the only human government in known space capable of even attempting to protect humanity from a species of omnicidal aliens who attempted to exterminate humanity twice. Then she was recruited by a group of state-sponsored terrorists who are not accountable or even known to the people that they ostensibly serve, and, led by a voice in her head, betrayed her own government, who had struck a deal with the only alien power in known space who could protect humanity from the aforementioned omnicidal group, essentially pitting her against everyone in the galaxy with humanity's safety in mind. The state-sponsored terrorists then smuggle her back into the regular forces under an assumed name so she can help undermine the government in accordance with their plans and the voice in her head. [[spoiler: Noemi Laporte, ''BluePlanet'']]

A spoiled young aristocrat who attempted to pester his father into letting him ride south with the army and kill foreigners, and after his family was assassinated by a rival house, conspired with a third house to overthrow the rightful queen because they didn't like her regent. He proved himself to be a merciless, bloodthirsty thug who stole whatever his rebel army needed and killed any legitimate authorities who attempted to stop them. Among his companions were an inexperienced young paramilitary officer whom he easily manipulated, a sociopathic hermit-sorceress, a former spy and political assassin, a contract killer, a dead woman possessed by a demon, a drunkard, and a foreign military commander scouting for an invasion of the country. He marched with his army to the capital to overthrow the queen by force and may have installed himself as king and had her executed. [[spoiler: the human Warden, ''DragonAgeOrigins'']]

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* His days are spent stealing bodies from unwilling people, leaving their minds trapped in a wholly alien space from which there is no escape while he reshapes their lives to suit the whims of a probably mad AI. He deceives everyone around him and then, when he has meddled enough, departs again leaving others to clean up the mess. [[spoiler: Sam Beckett, Quantum Leap]]

* His days are spent stealing bodies from unwilling people, leaving their minds trapped in a wholly alien space from which there is no escape while he reshapes their lives to suit the whims of a probably mad AI. He deceives everyone around him and then, when he has meddled enough, departs again leaving others to clean up the mess. [[spoiler: Sam Beckett, ''QuantumLeap'']]

* Having been taken far away from her normal life and home, this girl kills the first person she meets, teams up with three complete strangers, all of whom are social recluses, kills again and then disappears as if nothing ever happened. [[spoiler: Dorothy from ''The Wizard Of Oz''.00

* A man with delusions of grandeur and skill that he is nowhere near possessing. He has fought and feuded with the leaders of two successful mega-corporations that had technology that could potentially change the world and is perpetually looking for ways to make some cash for himself - regardless of however dangerous or foolish that may be. His best friend is a down-and-out who can't hold down a job. [[spoiler: Paul Phoenix from ''Tekken'']]
* A foolish young man whose lust for a girl leads to the deaths of six people in three days. [[spoiler: Romeo from ''Romeo And Juliet'']]

* A man with delusions of grandeur and skill that he is nowhere near possessing. He has fought and feuded with the leaders of two successful mega-corporations that had technology that could potentially change the world and is perpetually looking for ways to make some cash for himself - regardless of however dangerous or foolish that may be. His best friend is a down-and-out who can't hold down a job. [[Paul Phoenix, ''Tekken'']]

* Despite being aware that the local creatures are happy and are playfully enjoying their newfound freedom, he goes through every last locale they settled in and captured and imprisoned them in their hundreds. Most of these are simply imprisoned in a vault for his own viewing pleasure. While on his way through, he systematically loots each locale for anything of particular value to keep for himself. [[spoiler: So far, this could probably be most Pokemon trainers.]] He answers to a pint-sized MadScientist who designed the weapon he uses, has no qualms with and in fact seems to enjoy sending him into extremely hazardous situations and whose ultimate goal is to restore the object that made the local creatures willing to work for him. [[spoiler: Luigi in Luigi's Mansion 2.]]

* A soldier, at times overly accommodating to other's demands, at other times needlessly aggressive and violent. Has a multiple-choice past that few are aware of. Is a known philanderer, jumping from lover to lover on almost a whim, all of whom are subordinates and several who have died because of their connection to the soldier. Has a crew made up of some of the most dangerous people in the galaxy, including a psychopathic escaped prisoner who happily admits to murder and destruction for fun, a soldier with a family history of failure and a bigotry against anything not human, a peace officer that went rogue and became a murderous vigilante, an amoral scientist that helped nearly exterminate an entire species, bloodthirsty members of said species that nearly overran the galaxy until they were stopped, two members of a organization dedicated to protecting humanity (that eventually turned against them when the soldier defected from said group), and possibly the most powerful underworld figure in existence (who regularly used her connections to help the soldier in this mad quest). Has disobeyed and downright threatened the duly appointed leadership of the galactic organization he was a member of, simply because they did not take outrageous claims made without convincing evidence. As an agent of said authority, personally killed a predecessor, who was under the influence of an outside force, with no attempt at salvation. In fact, has killed multiple beings under said outside force without fail, including the head of said human defense organization. All of these actions were in service to a self-declared genocidal war against possibly the most advanced lifeforms in the known galaxy, destroying countless artifacts of near incalculable value, because the lifeforms in question were considered a threat in the soldier's eyes. Said lifeforms, in an effort to understand humanity, attempted to create a combination between the two species, which the soldier promptly destroyed, followed by either destroying or taking over the base where said creation was housed. And, in what some consider the best case scenario, said soldier may have been under the same influence that affected the people he fought against. In the end, his actions led to a mass revolt of his supporters, forcing a near-rewrite of reality itself.[[spoiler: Commander Shepard, ''MassEffect'']]

* A soldier, at times overly accommodating to other's demands, at other times needlessly aggressive and violent. Has a multiple-choice past that few are aware of. Is a known philanderer, jumping from lover to lover on almost a whim, all of whom are subordinates and several who have died because of their connection to the soldier. Has a crew made up of some of the most dangerous people in the galaxy, including a psychopathic escaped prisoner who happily admits to murder and destruction for fun, a soldier with a family history of failure and a bigotry against anything not human, a peace officer that went rogue and became a murderous vigilante, an amoral scientist that helped nearly exterminate an entire species, bloodthirsty members of said species that nearly overran the galaxy until they were stopped, two members of a organization dedicated to protecting humanity (that he eventually turned against them when he defected from said group), and possibly the most powerful underworld figure in existence (who regularly used her connections to help the soldier in this mad quest). Has disobeyed and downright threatened the duly appointed leadership of the galactic organization he was a member of, simply because they did not take outrageous claims made without convincing evidence. As an agent of said authority, personally killed a predecessor, who was under the influence of an outside force, with no attempt at salvation. In fact, has killed multiple beings under said outside force without fail, including the head of said human defense organization. All of these actions were in service to a self-declared genocidal war against possibly the most advanced lifeforms in the known galaxy, destroying countless artifacts of near incalculable value, because the lifeforms in question were considered a threat in the soldier's eyes. Said lifeforms, in an effort to understand humanity, attempted to create a combination between the two species, which the soldier promptly destroyed, followed by either destroying or taking over the base where said creation was housed. And, in what some consider the best case scenario, said soldier may have been under the same influence that affected the people he fought against. In the end, his actions led to a mass revolt of his supporters, forcing a near-rewrite of reality itself.[[spoiler: Commander Shepard, ''MassEffect'']]

* A soldier, at times overly accommodating to other's demands, at other times needlessly aggressive and violent. Has a multiple-choice past that few are aware of. Is a known philanderer, jumping from lover to lover on almost a whim, all of whom are subordinates and several who have died because of their connection to the soldier. Has a crew made up of some of the most dangerous people in the galaxy, including a psychopathic escaped prisoner who happily admits to murder and destruction for fun, a soldier with a family history of failure and a bigotry against anything not human, a peace officer that went rogue and became a murderous vigilante, an amoral scientist that helped nearly exterminate an entire species, bloodthirsty members of said species that nearly overran the galaxy until they were stopped, two members of a organization dedicated to protecting humanity (that he eventually turned against them when he defected from said group), and possibly the most powerful underworld figure in existence (who regularly used her connections to help the soldier in this mad quest). Has disobeyed and downright threatened the duly appointed leadership of the galactic organization he was a member of, simply because they did not take outrageous claims made without convincing evidence. As an agent of said authority, personally killed a predecessor, who was under the influence of an outside force, with no attempt at salvation. In fact, has killed multiple beings under said outside force without fail, including the head of said human defense organization. All of these actions were in service to a self-declared genocidal war against possibly the most advanced lifeforms in the known galaxy, destroying countless artifacts of near incalculable value, because the lifeforms in question were considered a threat in the soldier's eyes. Said lifeforms, in an effort to understand humanity, attempted to create a combination between the two species, which the soldier promptly destroyed, followed by either destroying or taking over the base where said creation was housed. And, in what some consider the best case scenario, said soldier may have been under the same influence that affected the people he fought against. In the end, his actions led to a mass revolt of his supporters, forcing a near-rewrite of reality itself.[[spoiler: Commander Shepherd, ''MassEffect'']]

* A soldier, at times overly accommodating to other's demands, at other times needlessly aggressive and violent. Has a multiple-choice past that few are aware of. Is a known philanderer, jumping from lover to lover on almost a whim, all of whom are subordinates and several who have died because of their connection to the soldier. Has a crew made up of some of the most dangerous people in the galaxy, including a psychopathic escaped prisoner who happily admits to murder and destruction for fun, a soldier with a family history of failure and a bigotry against anything not human, a peace officer that went rogue and became a murderous vigilante, an amoral scientist that helped nearly exterminate an entire species, bloodthirsty members of said species that nearly overran the galaxy until they were stopped, two members of a organization dedicated to protecting humanity (that he eventually turned against them when he defected from said group), and possibly the most powerful underworld figure in existence (who regularly used her connections to help the soldier in this mad quest). Has disobeyed and downright threatened the duly appointed leadership of the galactic organization he was a member of, simply because they did not take outrageous claims made without convincing evidence. As an agent of said authority, personally killed a predecessor, who was under the influence of an outside force, with no attempt at salvation. In fact, has killed multiple beings under said outside force without fail, including the head of said human defense organization.

All of these actions were in service to a self-declared genocidal war against possibly the most advanced lifeforms in the known galaxy, destroying countless artifacts of near incalculable value, because the lifeforms in question were considered a threat in the soldier's eyes. Said lifeforms, in an effort to understand humanity, attempted to create a combination between the two species, which the soldier promptly destroyed, followed by either destroying or taking over the base where said creation was housed. And, in what some consider the best case scenario, said soldier may have been under the same influence that affected the people he fought against. In the end, his actions led to a mass revolt of his supporters, forcing a near-rewrite of reality itself.[[spoiler: Commander Shepherd, ''MassEffect'']]

* A boy has a brief homosexual romance, kills his lover because his father orders him to do so, and then masturbates over a girl in a coma to prove to himself that he's heterosexual. [[spoiler: Ikari Shinji, ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]

* A ninja assassin that has reportedly murdered many people, [[TheStoic with little emotional response.]] Not only does he have an AbsurdlySharpBlade but he also controls legions of robotic animals that he freely uses in combat, as well as to drop bombs on enemies. And this man is just one of a huge organisation that has operated for centuries throughout history, murdering whoever is needed whenever it is needed. [[spoiler: Strider Hiryu from Strider.]]
* A teenage megamind with a genius level IQ and photographic memory. From an early age he has realised that the other children around him are not on his level and looks down on them unashamedly. He manipulates people and conducts experiments in his own room in the attic, the parts for which he obtains by sending two children to steal them for him, the highest peak of which was attempting to hypnotise the British Prime Minister - successfully. And all this was ''before'' he was sent to an AcademyOfEvil.